{"id":103101,"date":"2021-04-23T16:41:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T11:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=103101"},"modified":"2021-04-23T20:10:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T14:40:52","slug":"pm-addressed-leaders-summit-on-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-addressed-leaders-summit-on-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Addressed &#8220;Leaders Summit on Climate&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Prime Minister of India has addressed the Leaders Summit on Climate virtually.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>About Leaders Summit on Climate:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leaders Summit on Climate <\/strong>is a conference hosted by the United States(US) President on Earth Day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The summit coincides <\/strong>with the fifth anniversary of the opening of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/progress-on-paris-climate-change-agreement-in-india-and-world\/\"><strong>Paris Agreement<\/strong><\/a> on climate change for signature.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Further, the summit<\/strong> is also a precursor to the United Nations Climate Change Conference(COP26) that will take place later this year in Glasgow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Objectives of the Summit: <\/strong>The summit brings together 40 leaders of major economies. Its main objectives are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, to get the world&#8217;s major economies to reduce emission in this decade while also getting the public and private sector involvement.<\/li>\n<li>Secondly, to see how climate action can have economic and social benefits.<\/li>\n<li>Thirdly, to use the technology available to reduce emissions and adapt to Climate Change.<\/li>\n<li>Fourthly, to use nature-based solutions to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Key Takeaways from the Summit:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India has taken steps <\/strong>on clean energy, energy efficiency, afforestation and bio-diversity. That is why it is among the few countries whose <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nationally-determined-contributions-ndc-transport-initiative-for-asiatia\/\"><strong>Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs)<\/strong><\/a> are 2-degree-Celsius compatible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India\u2019s per capita carbon footprint is 60%<\/strong> <strong>lower<\/strong> than the global average. It is because India\u2019s lifestyle is still rooted in sustainable traditional practices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>India-U.S. climate and clean energy Agenda 2030 partnership:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India-U.S. climate and clean energy Agenda 2030 Partnership<\/strong> was announced at this Leaders Summit on Climate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Goals of the Partnership:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Firstly, to mobilise finance and speed clean energy deployment;<\/li>\n<li>Secondly, to demonstrate and scale innovative clean technologies needed to decarbonise sectors including industry, transportation, power, and buildings.<\/li>\n<li>Thirdly, to build capacity to measure, manage and adapt to the risks of climate-related impacts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tracks: <\/strong>The partnership will proceed along two main tracks: the strategic clean energy partnership and the climate action and finance mobilisation dialogue, which will build on and subsume a range of existing processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Commitments by US:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The United States has announced its target to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas pollution in 2030.<\/li>\n<li>This will be the US new Nationally Determined Contribution(NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/need-concrete-action-at-high-speed-and-on-large-scale-to-combat-climate-change-pm\/article34386170.ece\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Prime Minister of India has addressed the Leaders Summit on Climate virtually. \u00a0About Leaders Summit on Climate: Leaders Summit on Climate is a conference hosted by the United States(US) President on Earth Day. The summit coincides with the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Paris Agreement on climate change for signature. Further, the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-addressed-leaders-summit-on-climate\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PM Addressed &#8220;Leaders Summit on Climate&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1305,9],"tags":[1304],"class_list":["post-103101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-index-reports-bodies","category-public","tag-env_4","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704937388},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}